Michael - sounds like you got it together! Mounting the Porter Cable trimmer was giving me a brain cramp. I found mounting it easier when I used the existing threaded hole (on the back) and remove the "base". (Hope that makes sense) ~ Then I used the base plate to build a "mini-router table".
I found I needed a way to adjust the speed though and got a good deal on a router speed controller through Harbor Freight.
If you used a bit of yellow (as a racing stripe) it would be a "Lotus" (not a Deer)!
Experience is the BEST Teacher. Is that why it usually arrives in a shower of sparks, flash of light, loud bang, a cloud of smoke, AND -- a BILL to pay? You usually get it -- just after you need it.